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HOS rules, ELD logs, and how to keep your logbook and your CDL clean.
The 14-hour rule in 49 CFR 395.3(a)(2) explained for CDL drivers: when the window starts, why breaks don't stop it, what you can still do after it closes, and the sleeper-berth exception that pauses it.
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How the split sleeper-berth provision in 49 CFR 395.1(g) lets CDL drivers divide the 10-hour break into 7/3 or 8/2 pairings, why neither qualifying period counts against the 14-hour window, and a fully worked example.
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What a yard move is on an ELD, why it logs as on-duty (not driving) instead of driving time, where a "yard" ends per FMCSA guidance, and how yard moves interact with the 11-hour, 14-hour, and break clocks.
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The CDL 30-minute break rule in 49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(ii): triggered by 8 cumulative hours of driving, satisfied by any 30-minute non-driving period — including on-duty time — since the 2020 rule change.
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What personal conveyance actually is under FMCSA guidance: off-duty movement of a CMV for personal purposes, what qualifies, what never does, the laden-vehicle question, and why carrier policy controls whether you get it at all.
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How the federal 11-hour driving limit in 49 CFR 395.3 actually works for property-carrying CDL drivers — what counts as driving time, how it interacts with the 14-hour window and the 30-minute break, with worked examples.
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When an ELD malfunctions, 49 CFR 395.34 gives the driver three duties: notify the carrier within 24 hours, reconstruct the current day and prior 7 days on paper, and keep paper logs until the device is fixed. Here is how to do each one.
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The federal hours-of-service rules for property-carrying CDL drivers — the 11-hour driving limit, the 14-hour window, the 30-minute break, the 60/70-hour limits, and the exceptions — explained the way a trainer would, with citations to 49 CFR Part 395.
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The 11-hour, 14-hour, and 70-hour clocks explained simply — so your logbook stays clean and your CDL stays yours.
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